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Is It Time For Yahoo To Accept Microsoft's Bid? [Poll]

Although Yahoo was able to slightly exceed Wall Street analyst projections in its earnings announcement this afternoon, the news is being met with little fanfare, as shares of the company are trading just about flat after hours. More important than the numbers reported was the fact that it was the first official update on the company’s financial status since Microsoft made its unsolicited bid to acquire the company on February 1st.

Yahoo did not raise its outlook for the year, despite the recent deal the company made to test outsourcing its search advertising to Google. Nonetheless, Yahoo execs Jerry Yang and Sue Decker did their best to cheerlead throughout the company’s conference call discussing the results, with vaguely optimistic statements like "Our ability to execute on multiple fronts is clearly improving," and "We feel we are on the verge of fundamentally changing the game."

Earlier today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer postulated that his company does not plan to raise its bid for Yahoo. Meanwhile, we’ve been asking for your opinions of the deal and its various possibilities since this whole thing started almost 3 months ago, with our most recent poll showing a split audience over whether or not Yahoo should accept Microsoft’s initial bid. Today, in light of Yahoo’s most recent report, we ask:

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